"Why of course you do," I said automatically, not looking up.

"Yes, I'm very much looking forward to this," he said automatically.

"Of course," he said automatically, then began to give it some thought.

Thank you, she said automatically, and raised the bouquet to her nose.

Ask him how business is, and he either automatically says terrible or improving.

"You wouldn't call if it weren't important," she said automatically.

"Danny has always been a very good boy," Sandy said automatically.

There are almost always people who automatically say 'no' to anything new.

"I have nothing to say at this point in the investigation," Reed said automatically.

"I'm not," she said automatically, for the Bureau would never send an agent alone in the field.